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Cognitive shuffling word game
A mental word game for falling asleep: think of new words for each letter of a word (cognitive shuffling).
- Time
- ⏱ 10 min
- Difficulty
- ◆ easy
How to do it
- Choose any word, for example „flower“.
- For each letter of the word, think of as many new words as possible.
- Link each word to a fitting image and hold it in your mind for a few seconds.
Variations
- Category game: instead of letters, pick a category and list things from it in the dark until you fall asleep.
- For example the category „cities“: name one city for each letter.
Sources
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- utopia.de (opens in a new tab)
Dann denkst du zu jedem Buchstaben an möglichst viele neue Worte.
- psychologytoday.com (opens in a new tab)
a method of using a simple word game to get to sleep
- lumpley.itch.io (opens in a new tab)
They had to be lying-in-bed-in-the-dark games
